2000 WGC-American Express Championship

2000 WGC-American Express Championship 9–12 November 2000 Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain Valderrama Golf Club PGA TourEuropean Tour 72 6,974 55 players None $5,000,000 $1,000,000 CAN Mike Weir 277 (−11) 1999 2002 The 2000 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 9–12 November 2000 at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain. It was the second WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events that year. Mike Weir won the tournament after he birdied five of his first 11 holes on Sunday. Field 1. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 30 October Robert Allenby (2), Stuart Appleby (2), Thomas Bjørn (3), Michael Campbell (3,4), Darren Clarke (3), José Cóceres (3), Ernie Els (2,3), Steve Flesch (2), Carlos Franco (2), Sergio García, Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Scott Hoch, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3), Bernhard Langer (3), Justin Leonard (2), Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Bob May (2), Rocco Mediate, Colin Montgomerie (3), José María Olazábal (3), Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik (2), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Eduardo Romero (3), Vijay Singh (2), David Toms (2), Kirk Triplett (2), Scott Verplank (2), Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (2), Lee Westwood (3), Tiger Woods (2) Paul Azinger (2), Notah Begay III (2), Stewart Cink (2), Fred Couples, David Duval (2), Jim Furyk (2), John Huston (2), Tom Lehman (2), Davis Love III (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Greg Norman, Loren Roberts (2), and Hal Sutton (2) did not play. 2. Top 30 on the 2000 PGA Tour money list through the National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Mark Calcavecchia, Chris DiMarco, Franklin Langham 3. Top 20 on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit through the Volvo Masters Ángel Cabrera, Andrew Coltart, Pierre Fulke, Mathias Grönberg, Paul McGinley, Gary Orr, Phillip Price 4. Top 3 on the 1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Lucas Parsons, Peter Senior 5. Top 3 on the 1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit Darren Fichardt, Nic Henning, Tjaart van der Walt 6. Top 3 on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Philip Morris Championship Nobuhito Sato, Hidemichi Tanaka Toru Taniguchi did not play. 5. Winner of the 1999 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit Kyi Hla Han Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZWE Nick Price63−92 IRL Pádraig Harrington66−6T3 SCO Andrew Coltart67−5 USA Scott HochT5 USA Franklin Langham68−4 USA Chris Perry CAN Mike WeirT8 AUS Robert Allenby69−3 PAR Carlos Franco ESP Sergio García ZAF Retief Goosen ZAF Nic Henning Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZWE Nick Price63-72=135−92 JPN Hidemichi Tanaka71-66=137−73 IRL Pádraig Harrington66-72=138−6T4 USA Mark Calcavecchia72-67=139−5 USA Duffy Waldorf70-69=139T6 USA Bob May71-69=140−4 USA Chris Perry68-72=140 USA Tiger Woods71-69=140T9 ARG José Cóceres70-71=141−3 FIJ Vijay Singh71-70=141 Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 JPN Hidemichi Tanaka71-66-70=207−9T2 USA Mark Calcavecchia72-67-69=208−8 CAN Mike Weir68-75-65=208T4 ZWE Nick Price63-72-74=209−7 USA Tiger Woods71-69-69=209T6 IRL Pádraig Harrington66-72-73=211−5 USA Duffy Waldorf70-69-72=211T8 NZL Michael Campbell72-71-69=212 −4 USA Bob May71-69-72=212 FIJ Vijay Singh71-70-71=212 ENG Lee Westwood72-72-68=212 Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 CAN Mike Weir 68-75-65-69=277 −11 1,000,0002 ENG Lee Westwood 72-72-68-67=279 −9 500,000T3 FJI Vijay Singh 71-70-71-68=280 −8 287,000 USA Duffy Waldorf 70-69-72-69=280T5 ESP Sergio García 69-74-74-64=281 −7 157,500 IRL Pádraig Harrington 66-72-73-70=281 ZWE Nick Price 63-72-74-72=281 USA Tiger Woods 71-69-69-72=2819 NZL Michael Campbell 72-71-69-70=282 −6 115,00010 USA Mark Calcavecchia 72-67-69-75=283 −5 105,000 External links Full results 36 17 09 N 5 20 02 W type:event title Category:WGC Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Spain WGC-American Express Championship WGC-American Express Championship WGC-American Express Championship